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ALICE GORDENKER

I am an American journalist and consultant who has lived and worked in Tokyo for more than 20 years. For most of that time I was a regular columnist for The Japan Times, Japan’s oldest English-language daily. My first column reported on Japanese education while detailing my children’s six years in Japanese public school. In 2005, I launched a new column, called “So, What the Heck is That?,” in which I answered readers’ questions on Japan with meticulously researched yet decidedly off-beat reports on everything from traditional talismans to industrial safety. I worked for many years at NHK, Japan’s national broadcaster, translating and writing scripts for programs on language, culture and travel. In 2008, I wrote, directed and presented my own program on the Japanese art of aging gracefully. It was broadcast around the world as part of NHK’s international programming. I have appeared as a reporter on NHK World programs including Tokyo Eye and Journeys in Japan.

Most of my work now is for the travel industry in Japan. I advise local governments on building programs for inbound tourism from Europe, North America and Australia/New Zealand. I also train Japanese interpreter/guides and hoteliers on how to better serve foreign visitors, and design tours specifically for inbound tourism. I am certified by the Japanese national government’s Japan Tourism Agency as an expert advisor and have served since 2016 as a special advisor to the San’in Tourism Agency, a DMO working to build foreign tourism to the San’in region (Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture and part of Yamaguchi Prefecture). I also do regular work for Kanagawa Prefecture and Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. I speak regularly, in Japanese or English, at industry events, educational seminars and universities. I contribute articles about travel, art and Japanese museums to The Japan Times, Artscape Japan, Metropolis Magazine, JapanVisitor and other publications.

In addition, I consult to museums about improving services to foreign visitors, and design events in English. I also do exhibition translation and provide press and public relation services to my museum clients. Current and past clients include the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Toguri Museum of Art (porcelain), the Tokyo Metropolitan Teian Art Museum, the Shoto Museum of Art and the Yamatane Museum of Art (Nihonga).